Hovsep Aznavor

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Hovsep Aznavor (born May 21, 1854 in London , † late June 1935 in Cairo ) was an Armenian architect. Its iron construction of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church of St. Stefan von Fener in Istanbul is extraordinary.

Life

Hovsep Aznavor was born in London in 1854. His family moved to Constantinople in 1867. He finished his studies in Rome at the Academy of Fine Arts. Hovsep Aznavor performed various functions within the Armenian community in Constantinople as well as Cairo. He was a founding member of the Sahmanatragan Ramkavar , a party that became the Democratic Liberal Party (Ramkavar-Asatakan) in 1921 , one of the three great historical Armenian parties. He left Constantinople after the Armenian genocide and died in Cairo in late June 1935.

Buildings (selection)

  • Ahmed Maslum Pasha Building, 9 Shara Maghrabi Street, Cairo , Egypt
  • Bulgarian Orthodox Church of St. Stefan in Fener , Istanbul, Turkey. The iron components prefabricated in Vienna were transported across the Danube and the Black Sea to Constantinople and assembled there.
  • Factory of the Reji tobacco factory (now Kadir Has Üniversitesi) in Cibali, Fatih , Istanbul, Turkey
  • Beyoğlu French Theater , Istanbul, Turkey
  • Gulbenkyan business-house (now the community center of Eminonu ), Istanbul, Turkey
  • Katırcıoğlu Commercial Building, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Mısır Apartmanı (Egypt Apartment Building), Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Mausoleum of Boğos Bey Yusufyan (interpreter and advisor to Hıdiv Mehmed Ali Pasha), Istanbul, Turkey
  • Mausoleum of Princess Nimet Hanım (wife of Prince Muhammed Ali), Istanbul, Turkey
  • Sanasaryan Commercial Building (now home to the Labor Court), Istanbul, Turkey
  • Municipal Theater of Tepebaşı (Tepebaşı Tiyatrosu), Tepebaşı, Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Topalyan Commercial Building (burned down), Istanbul, Turkey
  • Princess Rukiye's Villa, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Prince Muhammed Ali's Villa, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Villa of Prince Abbas Hilmi , Istanbul, Turkey

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pars Tuğlacı : Tarih boyunca Batı Ermenileri tarihi. Cilt 3. ( 1891-1922 ) , Pars Yayın ve Tic., Istanbul and Ankara 2004 ISBN 975-7423-06-8 , page 728

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personal data
SURNAME Aznavor, Hovsep
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Armenian architect and builder
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH June 1935
Place of death Cairo